{"id":284,"date":"2013-11-11T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2013-11-11T20:57:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T20:57:11","slug":"scrumpy-bottling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/scrumpy-bottling\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrumpy Bottling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-279\" alt=\"500D_1834\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1834-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1834-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1834-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1834.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sieving out the ginger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I started the scrumpy a long time ago.\u00a0 About a month.\u00a0 Certainly before the blog.\u00a0 It is a funny sort of recipe and I am not sure about the results.\u00a0 I fiddled with the recipe because I was impatient and because it seemed to have no yeast involved at all.\u00a0 But what is left is sort of a rich apple soup that is alcoholic, tastes of apples and ginger and smells of bread.\u00a0 I really think I need to do my research in to scrumpy for next time.<\/p>\n<p>Today I just bottled it off, filtering it through my bag.\u00a0 I used four 2l bottles but could only find three caps so used a brewing cap.\u00a0 The recipe said tighten them to the point where they are nearly tight, so I have done that.\u00a0 I am not convinced that this is going to be drinkable but I will keep following the recipe (apart from the added yeast and the blitzing of the apples).<\/p>\n<p>I now have to leave them for five weeks before storing for another two months in a dark place.\u00a0 Maybe some magic will happen.\u00a0 I just checked them and they are still fermenting for sure.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve loosened the caps until I can hear the gas seeping out, then done them up a tiny bit.\u00a0 Maybe that is enough to keep the oxygen out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-283\" alt=\"6 litres of scrumpy\" src=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1847-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1847-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1847-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomas.w-p.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/500D_1847.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">6 litres of scrumpy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started the scrumpy a long time ago.\u00a0 About a month.\u00a0 Certainly before the blog.\u00a0 It is a funny sort of recipe and I am not sure about the results.\u00a0 I fiddled with the recipe because I was impatient and because it seemed to have no yeast involved at all.\u00a0 But what is left is &hellip; 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